ESPN Winter X-Games
Aspen, Co
January 17-20, 2002
Janna Meyen takes
the Silver at the 2002 Winter X-games!
After a long journey returning back home from Japan, Janna Rosarita Meyen
received a call from one of her teammates the day before the Slope style
event at the 2002 Winter X-games. Anxiously, her teammate Lesley Olsen encouraged
Janna to fly out to Aspesn to take her spot in the Slope style event since
Lesley injured herself and couldn't compete. Without second guessing Janna
flew out the next day, took Lesley's spot and dominated the Slope style
course with a combination of tricks that took the judges by surprise as
well as the crowd. She raised the level up in the women's category by stomping
nose presses across the first rail, buttering the muffin along the fun box
with elegant style to backside 180's over the table tops. Her runs were
fluid with technical and stylish tricks which placed her in first place
giving Tara Dakidas a run for her money. After three solid runs Janna was
inched out of the Gold spot placing her in the Silver (2nd place) which
she didn't mind since she was going home $9,000 richer and another invite
for next years Winter X-games. Congratulations on Janna!!!!
Snow- Boarder X (m)
1. Philippe Conte
2. Seth Wescott
3. Berti Denervaud
4. Christoph Maierhofer
5. Nicholas Conte
6. Shaun Palmer
7. Xavier Delerude
8. Drew Nelson
9. Scott Gaffney
10. Mark Schultz
Snow- Slopestyle (m)
1. Travis Rice
2. Shaun White
3. Todd Richards
4. Kevin Jones
5. Chris Engelsman
6. Travis Williams
7. Jussi Oksanen
8. Nico Droz
9. Jeff Anderson
10. Aaron Bishop
Snow- Superpipe (m)
1. J,J, Thomas
2. Shaun White
3. Keir Dillon
4. Daniel Franck
5. Danny Kass
6. Tommy Czeschin
7. Andy Finch
8. Ross Powers
9. Luke Wynen
10. Dani Costandache